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Build the New Relic .NET agent locally and validate that code changes compile. Use this whenever you are about to build the agent, need to confirm your edits compile, need to refresh the agent home directories (newrelichome_*) before running tests, or find…

Parse and diagnose New Relic .NET agent logs (newrelic_agent_*.log) and profiler logs (NewRelic.Profiler.<pid>.log) from a support ticket. Use when handed a log file or a logs directory, or when asked why the agent is not reporting, not connecting, not…

Use when a CI integration, unbounded, or container test job fails intermittently, passes on a rerun, fails identically across every matrix variant, or shows an infra-shaped error (connection timeout, account lock, native crash, docker daemon not ready) rather…

Run the New Relic .NET agent integration tests locally. Use whenever you need to run, debug, or reproduce an integration test (host-run IntegrationTests, UnboundedIntegrationTests, or ContainerIntegrationTests), are verifying an agent/wrapper change end to…

Use when the user mentions a Dotty PR, dotty (package/dependency) updates, or asks to update the .NET agent compatibility docs / net-agent-compatibility-requirements after tested library version bumps.

Mandatory unit-test and code-coverage rules for the .NET agent. Use when writing an implementation plan, writing or modifying unit tests, or adding/changing production code in the Core project or the NewRelic.Agent.Extensions project. Apply without being…

Open an Angler PR that adds the latest .NET agent release to metric_names.txt. Use when the user asks to add a .NET agent version to Angler, update Angler for a new agent release, or "create the Angler PR" after a .NET agent release ships.

Cleans up irrelevant CVE fixes by seeking replace directives in distribution manifest.yaml files, finding the current version of the modules in the generated go.sum files, and removing replace directives where the go mod version exceeds the replacing (fixed)…

Fixes a CVE in nrdot distributions by looking up the CVE details, finding the installed vulnerable version in the generated go.sum files, adding a Go module replace directive to all affected manifest.yaml files, then regenerating licenses and committing the…

Analyzes OpenTelemetry Collector component version bumps and compiles a markdown summary of relevant changes (breaking changes, deprecations, bug fixes) from the upstream CHANGELOG files. Only includes changes for components used in the nrdot releases repo.…

Use when adding a changelog entry to this repo — creating or editing files in `.chloggen/`, running `make chlog-new/-validate/-preview/-update`, or preparing a user-facing PR whose release notes should show up in CHANGELOG.md. Covers the draft-PR-first dance…

Application Performance Monitoring and transaction analysis. Use when investigating application errors, slow response times, throughput issues, or transaction-level problems.

Cloud FinOps cost analysis. Use when investigating cloud spend, cost anomalies, cost spikes, budget analysis, or any questions about AWS, Azure, GCP costs and billing. Requires a New Relic account with Cloud Cost Intelligence data ingested into the…

Kubernetes diagnosis and debugging using New Relic telemetry. Use when investigating pod crashes, CrashLoopBackOff, OOMKills, pod evictions, scheduling failures, container restarts, node pressure, HPA/scaling issues, service disruptions, or other Kubernetes…

Use this skill whenever the user wants to query, debug, monitor, or analyze anything in New Relic — including logs, metrics, traces, APM data, alerts, incidents, dashboards, or infrastructure. Triggers on phrases like "check New Relic", "query NRQL", "look at…

Scaffold a complete New Relic Ruby agent instrumentation for a third-party gem in this repo. Use when the user asks to "instrument <gem>", "add instrumentation for <gem>", "scaffold a new instrumentation", or names a datastore / HTTP-client / messaging /…

Enter Builder mode — suspend the demo Prime Directive so the demo-engineering team can develop/maintain the app.

Use this skill whenever the user wants to query, debug, monitor, or analyze anything in New Relic — including logs, metrics, traces, APM data, alerts, incidents, dashboards, or infrastructure. Triggers on phrases like "check New Relic", "query NRQL", "look at…